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And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
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But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechari′ah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
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And Zechari′ah said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.”
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And the angel answered him, “I am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.
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The Birth of Jesus Foretold
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,
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And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
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And Mary said to the angel, “How shall this be, since I have no husband?”
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And the angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
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And Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
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The Shepherds and the Angels
And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
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And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear.
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And the angel said to them, “Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people;
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And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
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When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
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Jesus Is Named
And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
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for it is written, ‘He will give his angels charge of you, to guard you,’
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For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
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“And I tell you, every one who acknowledges me before men, the Son of man also will acknowledge before the angels of God;
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but he who denies me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
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Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried;
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for they cannot die any more, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
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and did not find his body; and they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
